Fastener for gloves, shirt-waists, and the like.



P. J. KANE.

FASTENBR PORGLOVES, SHIRT WAISTS, AND THE LIKE. APPLIUATIO'N FILED 00112, 1910.

1,069,433, v Patented Aug.5,1913.

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PETER J. KANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FASTENER FOR GLOVES, SHRT-WAISTS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 12, 1910. Serial No. 586,620.

and useful Improvement. in Fasteners for. Gloves, Shirt-llfaists, and the Like, t l will use the general term hutton; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

My invention is an improvement on a fastener which has long been used, and is much y approved, in which a head carried on one part of the garment is compelled by the force of the finger and thumb to enter a slightly smaller hole in a receptacle on the other part of the garment, the elasticity of one or both of the parts being availed of to permit such operation, and to hold them engaged. rlhe elasticity also serves at an other period by allowingthe parts to be separated by a suflicient pull.

A fastener of the general style on which my improvement is based is set forth in the patent to Pierre A. Raymond, June 11th,

I wtill now proceed to describe my improvements, assuming the entire fastener to be held with its axis upright and with the outer, the receiving part, uppermost.

There are screw threads in the mouth of the cavity which receives, and corresponding screw threads on the exterior of the part which enters and engages therewith, so that there are in addition to the retention otherwise induced, screw threads which con tribute to the holding, and the parts are strengthened so that they are not likely1 to be injured by rough usage of the garment when unsecured.

I carry on the exterior of the outer part, a disk appearing as a. button, of sufficient size to enable it to be gripped with force to etfect the turning. A rigidly connected tubular extension therefrom toward the other part carries the screw threads. ln-

I stead of having it reach down the whole slit the head longitudinally. I divide they `tube into two lengths and hold one length firmly in the corresponding part of the garment, and hold the other length or end firmly in the button-like head, and make this part integral therewith. This allows me to turn this outer end of the receiving tube by revolving the button. llxternal screw-threads on the inner tube and internal screw-threads on the outer tube are en gaged and disengaged at will.

The following is a description of what l consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

rithe accompanying drawings form a part of this speciiication. All are sections.

Figures l, 2, 3, t and 5 are central longitudinal sections. Fig. l shows the outer or receiving part attached to its portion of the garment, and standing in the position to receive the other part. Fig. 2 shows the inner or entering part with its interal fortifying parts attached likewise to its por tion ofthe garment, the two parts, this and that shown in Fig. l, being not engaged together, but in the position to be engaged. Fig. 3 shows the parts after they have been thus engaged by a suitable endwise force applied to cach, independent o-f any revolution. llach is in the position to engage the other part in the ordinary long approved manner by a direct thrust. There has been no revolution of the head and no engagement of the screw-threads, except such as results from the sliding of the parts cndvwise, one within the other, the material yielding elastically to permit such motion. Fig. 4 is a corresponding view of the parts after the button on the outer part has been revolved one or more times, and the screw threads engaged bya proper screw action. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig.A 2, showing a modification. Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 6 6 in Fig. i, with a modification. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts infall the figures where they appear.

Referring to Figs. 1 to it, A is an approximate sphere of elastic metal constituting a hollow slitted head, having enough elasticity to serve in the ordinary mannerI` in this class of fastenings, and having a tubular neck il. also slitted and having screwthreads A2 produced thereon. Its lower edge has a broad flange A or right-angled extension b v which it and its attachment can be secured to a garment l. A tube A4 fits tightly within the neck or tube A. yIts closed and enlarged upper end A is engaged in the base of the head A and serves as a strengthener or reinforcementtherefor. Its lower end is flanged outward as indicated by A. This flange' lies in contact with the flange .A3 before described, and is strongly bound thereto by an annular clasp AVA.

.The inner' partis completed by the presence in its interior of a third tubular part A9, fiaiiged or riveted out-ward at its upperend All to reinforce the part A? and flanged much more broadly outward at the bottom A. Each flange may be perforated to receive thread to increase the security of its attachment to the garment.

I will now describe the outer part which is carried on the front face of the other portion 2 of the garment, and is just enough larger to receive and hold the elastic head A by its firm grip like other long known eX- amples of this class of fastenings, and also by my invention, has screw threads to make the grip reliable under greater strain.

B is a button arranged to be conveniently turned; B is a tubular extension therefrom having its inside diameter a very little smaller than the exterior of the head A, so that the forms of the engaging parts and the elasticity of the metal is availed of as in other fastenings of this class to engage them together by a forcible endwise pressure in one direction, and also to allow them to be separated by about the same amount of force applied in the opposite direction while under all ordinary conditions of use the `-fastening retains its hold.

B3 is a separate tube larger than B, having a fair bearing by a smooth flange B4 at the top, under the button B, on which the button and its screw-threads B2 may be revolved, and its load transferred to this tube, and having an annular chamber B5 at the midheight, and a. broad flange B at the bottom.

A short tube or eyelet of sufficiently smaller diameter to go inside said tube B and having a broad flange B8 at the bottom, a short body B7, andan enlargement or flange B9 at the top, engages by such top in the bottom of the annular chamber B5. There is a corresponding enlargement B1 at the base of the revoluble screw-threaded length B, B2, extending down from the button B, which length and enlargement engages in the upper part of the annular chamber Bf. This construction shields and locks the fixed part B3 to the revoluble partv B B, B2 and yet allows a sufficiently easy turning of the latter.

The inclosing tube is flanged at the bottom to form s base B6. For sewing, the base is perfor id and so formed as to allow of the placing of the receiving part of the device on the edge of the upper Hap of the garment, in such a manner as to obviate4 the necessity, if so desired, of cutting a hole in the garment. u

It will be seen that in' addition to its other duties, the part A9 serves to strengthen the stud member, when in practice the fastening is subjected to a severe lateral strain, and also thatit fixes a limit to how far the screw threads A2 may yield inward. Similarly the part B3. in addition to receiving lateral force serves to guard against too great yielding outward of the screw-threads B2. I attach special importance to the fact that these parts support the yielding screwthreaded parts which they accompany, reinforcing the inner part on its interior and the outer part on its exterior.

I ,shape the screw threads by the usual skill of the ordinary sheet-metal worker. The screw threads A2 in the entering part are mainly important on their outer faces, and the screw` threads B2 in the receiving vpart B are mainly important 0n their inner faces.

In the rst movement of applying the fastenings, the parts are forced together; the spring head A on the entering part is compressed and forced past the screw threads in the revolving tube B. As soon as the spring head has passed the screw threads, the elastic element asserts itself, the` spring head expands into the space in the top or cap B, andthe parts are held firmly together, in the ordinary way o-fthis class of fastener, and in position for engaging the screw threads. In the second movement, the top or cap is revolved, and with it the integral tube; the screw threads are thus engaged and pull the parts tightly together.

To use the invention I make two movements, the giving and receiving parts A and B are first forced together endwise so that the screw threads meet each other. Afterward the user revolves the button B and with it the integral tube B', and the screw threads A2 and B2 which have already met now pull the parts more tightly together. That takes up the slack and presses the bases of the two sets of parts more tightly together,l and makes a snug and complete fit.

In separating the parts there are also two movements. The button B is revolved in the direction the reverse of the first, relaxing the hold of the screw threads; afterward the giving or entering part is pulled down', the receiving part up, and the spring head on the entering part slips out of the space in the top or cap, movesdownpast thescrew threads, and the disengagement is complete.

Modifications may parting from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

The screw-threaded parts can be coarser be made without dei turned, an internally screw-threaded tube action when the button is turned.

rigidly attached to such button and flanged outward at its free end 'and an inclosingv tube having yan annular recess in which the said flange engages and may be revolved, in combination 4with a resilient headed externally screw-threaded stud' adapted to be inserted in said tube 'and button by direct thrust, and to be further engaged byscrew'A 2. -In a fastener for garments, a' button` that may4 be .conveniently grasped and turned, anl internally screw-threaded tube, rigidly attached to such button and flanged;`

I outward at its free end and al smooth im; i

Y revolved, said inclosing'pla'n'tube havingst flange B perforated vas shown,`in combina.

tion with a resil1ent headed externally closing tube ,having anannular recess\'\ which the sald flan e engages `and may be screw-threaded stud vadapted to he inserted insaid tube and button by direct thrust.

3. In a fastener for garments a revoluble tube having internal screw threads adapted to be securedV to one part ofthe garment, in .combination with 'a stud to be secured to the other part of the, garment having a resilient. :head and exterii'ial screw threads adjacent.

thereto; the internal screw threads Aon the I reyolubletube'being' adapted to 'serve first as a socket through which the resilienthead of the stud isforced and loosely locked by its resiliency, andafterward as a screw to be revolved to draw theparts more tightly together.

. 4. In a fastener for garments, the combination of a hollow -revoluble button adapted to be secured on one part of the garment of Which aninternally screw threaded tube is an integra] part and also a separatetube lwithinwhich this :screw-threaded tube is adapted-tov be rotated, and an externally .-f'screw, threadedy and resilient headed stud adapted to .be carried on the other part of by means of longitudinal slits in the material of the stud.l

Signed .at New YorlrN. Y. this tenth day fof October19l0.v y

l Y PETER J. KANE. vVitnesses:

THOMAS Dnnw StrETsoN,

Copies of this patent may be obtained'tor ve ce'nt'each, by' addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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